U.S. Support and Reforms in Ukraine

And U.S. advisors serve in almost a dozen Ukrainian

ministries and

localities, helping to deliver services, eliminate fraud and abru-

abuse, improve tax collection, and modernize Ukrainian

institutions. With U.S. help, newly vetted and trained police

officers are patrolling the cities, uh, the streets of 18 Ukrainian

cities. In courtrooms across Ukraine, free legal aid

attorneys funded by the U.S. have won two-thirds of all the acquittals

in

the countries. Um, Treasury and State Department advisors have helped

Ukraine shutter over 60 failed banks and protected the assets of

depositors. And since there can be no reform in

Ukraine

without security, over $266 million of our support has

been in the security sector, training 1,200 soldiers and

750 Ukrainian national guard personnel and supplying

life-saving gear. In FY16, we are continuing that training

and equipment of more of Ukraine's border guards, military, and coast guard.